Vortices in Unconventional Superconductors and Superfluids

Vortices are quantized flux lines which are formed in superconductors, Bose-Einstein condensates and neutron stars. This book summarizes the current knowledge in this field. It will appeal to researchers and advanced students.

This book represents the most advanced status report on vortices

Klappentext
Topological defects are generic in continuous media. In the relativistic quantum vacuum they are known as cosmic strings, in superconductors as quantized flux lines, and in superfluids, low-density atomic Bose-Einstein condensates and neutron stars as quantized vortex lines. This collection of articles by leading scientists presents a modern treatment of the physics of vortex matter, mainly applied to unconventional superconductors and superfluids but with extensions to other areas of physics.

Inhalt
1 The Beautiful World of the Vortex.- 2 Type II Superconductors and Vortices from the 1950s to the 1990s.- 3 What Can Superconductivity Learn from Quantized Vorticity in 3He Superfluids?.- 4 Nucleation of Vortices in Superfluid 3He-B by Rapid Thermal Quench.- 5 Superfluidity in Relativistic Neutron Stars.- 6 Superconducting Superfluids in Neutron Stars.- 7 Vortex Dynamics and the Problem of the Transverse Force in Clean Superconductors and Fermi Superfluids.- 8 Magnus Force and AharonovBohm Effect in Superfluids.- 9 Lorentz Force Exerted by the AharonovBohm Flux Line.- 10 Relativistic Solution of Lordanskii Problem in Multi-Constituent Superfluid Mechanics.- 11 Vortex Core Structure and Dynamics in Layered Superconductors.- 12 Band Theory of Quasiparticle Excitations in the Mixed State of d-Wave Superconductors.- 13 Magnetic Field Dependence of the Vortex Structure Based on the Microscopic Theory.- 14 Quasiparticle Spectrum in the Vortex State in Nodal Superconductors.- 15 Random-Matrix Ensembles in p-Wave Vortices.- 16 Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy on Vortex Cores in High-Tc Superconductors.- 17 Charged Vortices in High-Tc Superconductors.- 18 Neutron Scattering from Vortex Lattices in Superconductors.- 19 Vortex Dynamics in a Temperature Gradient.- 20 Electric Field Dependent FluxFlow Resistance in the Cuprate Superconductor Nd2-xCexCuOy.